AIDS by mother-to-child transmission: survival analysis of cases followed from 1983 to 2002 in different regions of Brazil AIDS por transmissão vertical: análise de sobrevivência dos casos acompanhados entre 1983 e 2002 nas diferentes regiões do Brasil

• Main Authors: Luiza Harunari Matida (Author), Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr (Author), José Eduardo Cajado Moncau (Author), Luiz Francisco Marcopito (Author), Heloisa Helena de Sousa Marques (Author), Regina Célia Menezes Succi (Author), Marinella Della Negra (Author), Norman Hearst (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antiretroviral therapy contributes to decreasing morbidity and mortality, and ultimately to increasing survival. In Brazil, there are regional differences in HIV epidemiology regarding pregnant women and children with HIV/AIDS. This study evaluates survival time after AIDS diagnosis in 914 children...